Unequal wage of men and women in ICT in the Czech Republic?

Abstract

This article analyzes inequality in the remuneration of ICT professionals in the Czech Republic during its evolution from 2000 to 2014. Data are analyzed by means of linear regression and the method of least squares for the entire period 2000–2014, and two periods 2000–2008 and 2009–2014, where we analyze de facto trends that emerged in the wages of ICT professionals after the economic crisis. We explore the evolution of wages and hence inequality between men and women from four perspectives: profession (ICT specialist – CZ ISCO 25 a ICT Technician CZ ISCO 35), education (secondary with maturita, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree), sphere of activity (wage sphere and salary sphere) and age (categories under 30 years, 30–50 years, and over 50 years). We find out that the trends in the equalization of wages between men and women are positive – a gradual equalization is taking place. What, however, we cannot regard as positive is the pace of equalization. The process is very slow and protracted. Another positive finding in terms of ICT professionals is the fact that the average amount of wage difference between men and women is approximately 17%, which is lower than in the entire Czech economy.

Keywords:

• ICT
• wages in ICT sector
• ICT professionals
• ICT specialists
• ICT technicians
• gender aspects by ICT professionals

Acknowledgements

The paper was written with contribution of long-term support of scientific work on Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague (IP 400040).

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague

Notes on contributors

Lea Nedomová

Lea Nedomová is a senior lecturer at the University of Economics, Prague. She is interested in the area of gender studies and especially questions related to salaries. Along with that she is teaching courses related to system analysis and business informatics.

Milos Maryska

Milos Maryska has graduated in Applied Information Technologies and gained degree Ph.D. in year 2010. Since 2010, he has been working as a senior lecturer at the University of Economics, Prague. Within his pedagogic and research work he focuses on management of economics of business informatics, Business Intelligence and ERP systems. He works as a manager in Deloitte DE.

Petr Doucek

Petr Doucek is a Czech computer scientist who is involved in information management. In 2007 he was appointed Professor of Computer Science. He is the author of eight monographs, fourteen textbooks and a script, more than one hundred scientific and scientific articles in journals and proceedings from international conferences. He has participated in more than thirty projects in domestic and international societies. He is a member of the program committees of several international scientific conferences in Europe and the USA. He is chairman of the Technical Committee of the Czech Standards Institute TNK 20 - Information Technology. He is a member of the ISO SC 27 ISO Working Group on Information Technology Security.